| transparency | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. transparence, transparency | permitting the free passage of electromagnetic radiation. |
| ~ physical phenomenon | a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. transparence, transparency, transparentness | the quality of being clear and transparent. |
| ~ uncloudedness, clarity, clearness | the quality of clear water.; "when she awoke the clarity was back in her eyes" |
| ~ pellucidness, limpidity, pellucidity | passing light without diffusion or distortion. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. foil, transparency | picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector. |
| ~ ikon, picture, icon, image | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface.; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" |
| ~ lantern slide, slide | a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector. |
| ~ viewgraph, overhead | a transparency for use with an overhead projector. |
| transparent | | |
| adj. | 1. crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent | transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity.; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal" |
| ~ clear | allowing light to pass through.; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean" |
| adj. | 2. cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous | so thin as to transmit light.; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" |
| ~ thin | of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section.; "thin wire"; "a thin chiffon blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" |
| adj. | 3. guileless, transparent | free of deceit. |
| ~ square, straight | characterized by honesty and fairness.; "straight dealing"; "a square deal" |
| adj. | 4. transparent | easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety).; "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie" |
| ~ obvious | easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind.; "obvious errors" |
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